Sangeet Natak Akademi Award (SNA Award) database is based on Fellows and Award-winners of Sangeet Natak Akademi 1952-2010 published by SNA in 2011. This volume constitutes a roll of honour in the field of performing arts in India. These honours have been bestowed more than about 1,100 outstanding musicians, dancers, theatre artists and scholars. We have also added the data of awardees from 2011 to 2017 and of Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar award, also given by the SNA, to outstanding artists under 40 from 2006 to 2016 on their website (https://sangeetnatak.gov.in). As a result, data on more than 1,300 individuals are included in this database.

P.B. : Padma Bhushan
P.V.B. : Padma Vibhushan

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Toggle column: Personal ID - SNA ID - Name - H/C - I/V - Gender - Religion - Year of Birth - Year of Death - Field - Specialization - SNA Fellow - SNA Awardee - PADMA SHRI - P.B. - P.V.B.
P00919
SNA0538
Madras A. Kannan
C
I
M
H
1920
CIM
mridangam
Y
P00099
SNA1000
T. R. Mahalingam
C
I
M
H
1925
1986
CIM
flute
Y
Y
P02343
SNA1106
Zarin Sharma
H
I
F
H
1946
HIM
sarod
Y
P02359
SNA0311
Haridwaramangalam A.K. Palanivel
C
I
M
H
1948
CIM
thavil
Y
Y
P00035
SNA0294
Guruvayur Dorai
C
I
M
H
1935
CIM
mridangam
Y
P00019
SNA0178
Chitti Babu
C
I
M
H
1936
1996
CIM
veena
Y
P02400
SNA0232
E. Gayathri
H
I
F
H
1959
HIM
veena
Y
P02410
SNA1033
U. Shrinivas
C
I
M
H
1969
CIM
mandolin
Y
Y
P02420
SNA1247
Peravali Jaya Bhaskar
C
I
H
CIM
mridangam
P02433
SNA1236
Jai Shankar Mishra
H
I
M
H
HIM
tabla
P02440
SNA1061
Varadrao Kamalakar Rao
C
I
M
H
1937
CIM
mridangam
Y
P02444
SNA1074
Vellore G. Ramabhadran
C
I
M
H
1929
CIM
mridangam
Y
P02445
SNA0484
L. Subramaniamm Sastri
C
I
M
H
1893
1970
CIM
veena
Y
P02449
SNA0925
Srimushanam Venkataramana Rajarao
C
I
M
H
1955
CIM
mridangam
Y
P02455
SNA0672
Padma Shri Veeruswamy Pillai
C
I
M
H
1910
CIM
nagaswaram
Y
P02456
SNA1041
Umayalpuram K. Narayanaswamy
C
I
M
H
1929
1997
CIM
ghatam
Y
P00093
SNA0882
Shanmugasundaram Pillai
C
I
M
H
1920
CIM
thavil
Y
P02483
SNA0676
Palghat T. S. Mani Iyer
C
I
M
H
1912
1981
CIM
mridangam
Y
Y
P00100
SNA1002
T. S. Natarajasundaram Pillai
C
I
M
H
1896
1994
CIM
nagaswaram
Y
P02490
SNA1229
Ashwani Shankar
H
I
M
H
HIM
shehnai
P02515
SNA0661
Ongole N. Rangaiah
C
I
M
H
1937
CIM
nagawaswaram
Y
P01805
SNA0741
R. K. Venkatarama Sastry
C
I
M
H
1907
1993
CIM
violin
Y
P06255
SNA0957
Suresh Talwalkar
H
I
M
H
1948
HIM
Y
P02535
SNA1287
Nayan Ghosh
H
I
M
H
HIM
tabla
Y
P00224
SNA0915
Sisir Kana Dhar Chowdhury
H
I
F
H
1937
HIM
violin
Y
P00145
SNA0230
Dwaram Venkataswamy Naidu
C
I
M
H
1893
1964
CIM
violin
Y
Y
P02548
SNA1266
Tirvarur Vaidyanatha
C
I
M
H
CIM
mridangam
Y
P00025
SNA0223
Domada Chittiabbayi
C
I
M
H
1933
2002
CIM
nagaswaram
Y
P01263
SNA0373
K. S. Narayanaswami
C
I
M
H
1914
1999
CIM
veena
Y
Y
P06252
SNA0707
Prapancham Sita Ram
C
I
M
H
1942
CIM
flute
Y
P02562
SNA1193
Himanshu Mahant
H
I
M
H
HIM
tabla
P06683
SNA1261
Rajendra Prasanna
H
I
M
H
HIM
shenai, flute
Y
P02573
SNA1173
Yashwant Vaishnav
H
I
H
HIM
tabla
P02574
SNA1179
B Shree Sundar Kumar
C
I
M
H
CIM
kanjeera
P02583
SNA0049
Annavarapu Ramaswamy
C
I
M
H
1926
CIM
violin
Y
P00027
SNA0236
Emani Sankara Sastri
C
I
M
H
1921
1987
CIM
veena
Y
P02592
SNA1300
Trichy Sankaran
C
I
M
H
CIM
mridangam
Y
P02593
SNA1274
J. Vaidyanathan
C
I
M
H
CIM
mridangam
Y
P02597
SNA1255
N Manoj Siva
C
I
M
H
CIM
mridangam
P02599
SNA0745
Raajeswari Padmanabhan
C
I
F
H
1939
2008
CIM
veena
Y
P02600
SNA1305
Bahauddin Dagar
H
I
M
M
HIM
been/rudra veena/vichitra veena
Y
P00017
SNA0151
C. S. Murugabhoopathy
C
I
M
H
1914
1998
CIM
mridangam
Y
Y
P00023
SNA0208
Devakottia. Narayana Iyengar
C
I
M
H
1905
1987
CIM
veena
Y
P06212
SNA0114
Bhajan Sopori
H
I
M
H
1948
HIM
santoor
Y
Y
P00092
SNA0874
Shaikh Dawood
H
I
M
M
1916
1992
HIM
tabla
Y
P02607
SNA0839
Sakharam Tavde
H
I
M
H
1897
1967
HIM
pakhawaj
Y
P06726
SNA0253
Gajananrao Joshi
H
I
M
H
1991
1987
HIM
violin
Y
P02614
SNA1315
Seshampatti Sivalingam
C
I
H
CIM
nagasvaram
Y
P02620
SNA1208
B. C. Manjunath
C
I
M
H
CIM
mridangam
P02621
SNA0369
K. N. Chinnaswamy Iyer
C
I
M
H
1882
1966
CIM
violin
Y
P02628
SNA1214
H. N. Bhaskar
H
I
H
HIM
violin
P02629
SNA1206
Savani Talwalkar
H
I
H
HIM
tabla
P06648
SNA1100
Yella Venka Teswara Rao
C
I
M
H
1944
CIM
mridangam
Y
Y
P02650
SNA1228
Sanjeev Shankar
H
I
M
H
HIM
shehnai
P02654
SNA1291
T. A. Kaliyamurthy
C
I
H
CIM
thavil
Y
P05965
SNA0814
S. Balachander
C
I
M
H
1927
1990
CIM
veena
Y
Y
P02666
SNA0379
Kadri Gopalnath
C
I
M
H
1950
CIM
saxophone
Y
Y
P01742
SNA0988
T. H. Vinayakram
C
I
M
H
1942
CIM
ghatam
Y
Y
Y
P02697
SNA0976
T. Chowdiah
C
I
M
H
1895
1967
CIM
violin
Y
P00007
SNA0048
Annapurna Devi
H
I
F
H
1929
HIM
surbahar
Y
Y
P02707
SNA0633
Natesan Ramani
C
I
M
H
1934
CIM
flute
Y
Y
P00452
SNA0675
Palghat R. Raghu
C
I
M
H
1928
2009
CIM
mridangam
Y
Y
P02727
SNA0994
T. K. Murthy
C
I
M
H
1924
CIM
mridangam
Y
Y
P02751
SNA1244
Sarwar Hussain
H
I
M
M
HIM
sarangi
P02752
SNA1210
Anirudh Athreya
C
I
H
CIM
kanjeera
P06544
SNA0416
Karaikudi R. Mani
C
I
M
H
1945
CIM
mridangam
Y
P00055
SNA0511
M. Chandrasekaran
C
I
M
H
1937
CIM
violin
Y
Y
P02771
SNA0732
R. Pichumani Iyer
C
I
M
H
1920
CIM
veena
Y
P02773
SNA0972
T. Bhakravatsalam
C
I
M
H
1959
CIM
mridangam
Y
P02778
SNA1187
K.V. Gopalakrishnan
C
I
M
H
CIM
kanjeera
P02783
SNA1054
V. V. Subrahmanyam
C
I
M
H
1944
CIM
violin
Y
P00863
SNA0989
T.K. Jayarama Iyer
C
I
M
H
1894
1971
CIM
violin
Y
P06308
SNA0613
N. Rajam
C
I
F
H
1939
CIM
violin
Y
Y
Y
Y
P02807
SNA0002
A. Kanyakumari
C
I
F
H
1951
CIM
violin
Y
P00049
SNA0448
Kolanka Venkataraju
C
I
M
H
1910
CIM
mridangam
Y
P02848
SNA1194
Sahana Banerjee
H
I
M
H
HIM
sitar
P02850
SNA1260
Yogesh Sams
H
I
H
HIM
tabla
Y
P02851
SNA1183
Smit Tiwari
H
I
F
H
HIM
sarod
P00956
SNA0743
R. R. Keshava Murthy
C
I
M
H
1914
2006
CIM
violin
Y
P00026
SNA0224
Doreswamy V. Iyengar
C
I
M
H
1920
1997
CIM
veena
Y
P02865
SNA1227
Murad Ali
H
I
M
M
HIM
sarangi
P02874
SNA1225
G. Guru Prasanna
C
I
M
H
CIM
kanjeera
P02875
SNA1222
Suyog Kundalkar
H
I
M
H
HIM
harmonium
P02877
SNA1312
Pushpraj Koshti
H
I
M
H
HIM
surbahar
Y
P00084
SNA0791
Ranganayaki Rajagopalan
C
I
F
H
1932
CIM
veena
Y
P02885
SNA1192
Ojas Adhiya
H
I
M
HIM
tabla
P02894
SNA1264
Suma Sudhindr
C
I
CIM
veena
Y
P02895
SNA1316
E. M. Subramaniam
C
I
H
CIM
ghatam
Y
P02897
SNA1232
V. Balaji
C
I
M
H
CIM
mridangam
P02898
SNA1256
S. Karthick
C
I
CIM
ghatam
P00235
SNA0965
Swapan Chaudhuri
H
I
M
H
1947
HIM
tabla
Y
P02902
SNA0652
Nityanand Haldipur
H
I
M
H
1948
HIM
flute
Y
P02907
SNA1224
Embar Kannan
C
I
M
H
CIM
violin
P02908
SNA1283
Mamalam M.K. Siva
C
I
H
CIM
nagasvaram
Y